Circulator and governor for pumps



(No Mdel.)

W. H. BROOKS.

GIRGULATOR AND GOVERNOR FOR PUMPS. No. 367,088.

Patented July 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BROOKS, OF WEST-POINT, New YORK.

CIRCULATOR AND GOVERNOR FOR PUMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,088, dated July 26, 1887.

Application filed April 1 3, 1887. Serial No. 231,637. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. BROOKS, of West Point, county of Orange, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oirculators and Governors for Pumps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My present invention has relation to means or apparatus designed to be applied upon a return-steam trap for the purpose of covert ing the trap into an exhauststeam pumpgovernor and circulator and boiler feeder, which device or apparatus I call a circulator and pump-governor, or a circulator and boiler-feeder.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap, durable, and efficient apparatus of the character named,which may be used in connection with any closed receiver or trap having a float, and in connection with any pump, and when so used will operate (in connection with the receiver or trap) to permita constant flow ofexhaust-steam to the'pump, by which the pump may be kept continuously moving, which will, as the float rises, gradually open the steam-outlet from the trap to a greater extent, which will, as soon as the float rises beyond a certain point, permit the flow of live steam to the pump, and which may be employed to convert the trap or receiver into an automatic boiler-feeder. To accomplish all of this, my improvements involve the application to the trap or receiver of a valve box or structure containing a circulator-valve, a governor-valve, and two check-valves, and certain peculiarities of construction and relative arrangements or combinations of parts and principles of operation, all of which will be herein first fully described, and then pointed outin the claims.

In the. accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical section and partial elevation of my improved device detached from the receiver and trap, the View being taken upon a plane parallel with the axis of the rock-shaft. Fig. 2 is a similar view upon a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation show- A is the shell or valve-box, and contains the two principal valves and their seatingsnamely, the circulator-valve and the governorvalve. The ciroulator-valve is represented at a, and the governor-valve at 1). Both these valves are seated in the walls of an inner chamber, B, through which steam must pass to drive the pump. The circulator-valveaisintended to be operated and set by hand, having aprojecting stem, at, and hand-wheel a.

The governor valve 12 is automatically opened and closed. Vhen the water passing through the receiver on its way to the pump rises within the receiver, it elevates the flpat, which latter causes the valve 1) to rise, and

when the wateris exhausted from the receiver by the pump to such an extent as to permit the float to lower-,then the valve b is closed by the weighted lever. This valve 1) is guided, as by the guides 12 b", and is moved by a cam or arm, 0, connected with a rock'shaft, 0, extending to the exterior and supplied with a lever, as 0, having an adjustable weight, as c. The valve-stem of valve b projects through the guide 12, and, as it moves to a certain height, comes in contact with the stem of the livesteam check-valve and raises the latter valve from off its seat, as will be explained hereinafter. Between the top and bottom of the valve-boxthere is an open communication passing the inner chamber, 13..

Upon the top of valve-box A is a casing, A, which containsa check-valve, d, seating downwardly. :Live steam is admitted to the casing Aby any suitable pipe-connections at its top. The valve d has a projecting stem, (1', arranged over the stem b of valve 12, and is supplied with a light spring, d to insure its accurate Seating.

The device thus constructed and arranged is mounted upon the top of any receiver or trap, as E, having an inlet to it for exhauststeam (and water) and an outlet from it for water, with which outlet the suction-pipe of the pump is connected.

Depending from the check-valve casing A is a shortpipe or tube, f, projecting down into the upper part of the receiver or trap. EX- hauststcam passes through this tube to the valve-box.

F is a float within the receiver or trap, and this is connected with lever 0' through theme dinm of its arm g, having an adjustable weight, g, and by any suitable chain or rod, 9. \Vhen the water in the receiver rises above a certain point, the float will, through its connections, move the shaft 0, and thus cause the governor-valve b to rise, permitting a greater quantity of exhaust-steam to pass out to the pump through the port governed by valve 1), by which the working capacity of the pump is increased. Ifthc float should continue to rise, the valve-stem I) would come in contact with and raise the eheclevalvc (Z, when live steam would enter the valve-box, passing to the pump through the port governed by valve I), and around chamber 13, closing the check-valve 0, thus preventing its admission to the trap or receiver. Thelive steam would acceleratethe pump, and as the receiver became emptied the governor-valve would fall, permitting the check-valve d to close, and the pump be then driven only by exhaust-steam. \Vhile the valve 1) remains closed, exhaust-steam finds its way to the valve-box, and if the circulatorvalve a be open a constant circulation of exhaust-steam to the pump is insured, and thus thepump kept continuously in motion. \Vhcn the float descends far enough, the governorvalve is closed by the weight 0.

If it be desired that the pump shall supply the boiler with cold water, all that is necessary is to admit the water to the receiver, which will cause the float to rise higher than by the condensed water alone, when the go ernor-valvc and live-steam check-valve will be raised or opened, as before described, and the pump driven, as explained. It will thus be seen that with the improved device I am enabled to convert any of the ordinary returnsteam t aps into exhaust-steam governors and stcanrboiler feeders, and can at the same time regulate the circulation by keeping the circulator-valve opened or closed to any desired degree.

The object in carrying the sleeve or tubef down below the top of the receiver or trap is to afford the steam opportunity to condense as thoroughly as it will before entering the valve-box. v

The device is simple and cheap, and easily applied without requiring any alterations in the trap or receiver.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a return-steam trap or receiver, a val ve-box containing a governorvalve automatically operated upon the rise of water in the trap or receiver, and a checkvalve for live steam arranged-to be moved or opened by the governor-valve, substantially in the manner and for the'purposes set forth.

2. In combination with a return-steam trap or receiver, a valve-box containing a governorvalve automatically operated upon. the rise of water in the trap or receiver, a eheck-valve for live steam arranged to be moved or opened by the governor-valve, and a check-valve in the passage leading from the trap or receiver to the valve-box, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In an apparatus of the character herein described, the combination, with the valve-box, of the govcrnoryalve, the circulatonvalve, and the two check-valves, arranged for operation substantially as shown and set forth.

4-. In an apparatus of the character herein described,thecombination,withthevalvebox, of the governor-valve, the circulator-valve, the two check-valves, and the sleeve or tube extending down into the receiver or trap, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination, with the valve box having the inner chamber and the two valves seated in the walls thereof, of the livc'stcam WILLIAM H. BROOKS.

\Vitnesses:

'lnos. I. SCOTT,

JoHN G. PAYEK. 

